Store-front construction



July 17, 1923.- 1,462,211,

' D. J. MURNANE STORE FRONT CONSTRUCTION Filed Dec. 2. 1921 gr I l x507a14i396 30 7g 30. Wm,

Patented July l?, 1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE, g

DANIEL J. MURNANE, OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TOZOURI DRAWNMETALS COMPANY, OF CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS,` A CORPORATIONOF ILLINOIS.

STORE-FRONT consrnuc'rron Application filed December 2, 1921. Serial No.519,407.

To all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL J. MURNANE, acitizen of the United States, residing at 2606 Chicago Road, ChicagoHeights, Illinois, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful -Improvement in Store-F ront Constructions,

of which the following is a specification.

= My invention relates more particularly'to that portion of astore-front construction which extends adjacent'the sill'at the windowopening to `be equipped with a storefront construction used for holdingsheets of glass lin place; and my object is to provide a novel, simpleand inexpensive arrangement of the clamping members, between which thesheets of glass are to be clamped,

and the means for securing these clamping` yFigure 2 is a section takenatthe line 2 on Fig. land viewed in the direction of the arrow.; andFigure 3, a section takenat the line 3 on Fig. 2 and-viewed in thedirection ofthe arrow.

It maybe stated asa premise to the fol? lowing descriptionl of theconstruction to which my invention relates, that it is' formed ofclampingl strips or sections which extend substantially parallel witheach other and between which the sheet of glass to be secured extends,means whereby these strips are drawn relatively toward eachother toclamp the sheet between them, and means for securing to thesill onefofsaid'strips which extends at' the inner surface of the sheet of glass,it being my primary object t0 provide for the proper securing of thisinside strip tothe sill and the reinforcing of. this strip by simple and`inexpensive means, the entire assembly being such' that thesesecuringmeans .cannot be seen by one looking down upon the construction, or oneviewing it from the exterior surface of the i store-front construction.

In accordance with the particular illustrated embodiment of myinvention, the two parallel strip members referred to and between whicha sheet of glass, shown at 4, is clamped at lts lower edge, arerepresented generally at 5 and 6, these members being formed of sheetmetal rolled, or otherwise bent, intothe'desired cross sectional shapeand extending lthe full length of the sill, represented at 7. The strip5 is shown'as providing a rearwardly extending flange 8 at its loweredge and a' rearwardly extending ange 9 at its upper edge, the latterterminating in a depending lip 10. The stripk member 6 is shownasyprovided with a forwardly'extending flange 11 at its lower edge,

which overlies the top of the sill 7 and upon which the flange 8isvsuperposed and Awith relation to'which the member '5 is slidablecrosswise of the length of the strips referred to. The strip 6 is alsoprovided at its upper edge with a forwardly extending flange orplate-like portion l12 provided at its forward edge with a depending lip'13, this strip being so shaped, as for example as shown, as to providearearwardly odset hol- `low bead-like portion 14 at its upper edge witha portion of the strip 6 extending below it,.`and affording a recess orchannel 15 extending preferably the full length of the construction nowbeing described at the rear side of the structure."V

The sheet 4 of glass extends into the space between the lips 10 and 13,at which' portions the sheet L1 is clamped in place with the departs y5andy 6, this relative movement being eil'ected by means as hereinafterdescribed,

`the strip member 6 in the construction shown being rigidly secured tothe sill. y

The means for securing the member 6 to .the sill are shown asformed'ofan angle iron 16 ywhich iiatwise opposes at its section 17, the sill 7to which latter it is secured vat intervals, as for example, by screwsrepresented at 18', the upwardly extending por- .oo slred pressure, byrelative movement of the suitable means, ysuch' as rivetslocated atintervals along the angle iron and extending through apertures 17" inthe portion 17a, one of'theseriv'ets being indicated at 19.

The means shown for drawing the strip member 5 toward the strip member 6to clamp the sheet f1 of glass between these strip sections 5 and 6,comprise a series of bracket members 2O located at intervals within thestrip section 6, these bracket members being eachformed with an upwardlyextending portion 21 rigidly secured to the strip section 6 and theangle iron 16, as for example by a rivet 19 which is shown as passingthrough allhthree of these members. Each of the brackets 2() alsocomprises a forwardly extending portion 22 at the upper yedge oftheportion 21, whichabuts the rear `surface of the depending lip 13, thelateral edges of the portion 22 being bent to form tubular portions 23.The portions22 are apertured as represented at 24 andI in eachkapeiturea bushing 25 is located and inter-locked, this bushing containing avertically disposed threaded opening 26 extending'entirely therethroughand in which a screw device 27, having its lower end of conical shape asrepresented at 28, is, threaded.` The portion 12 of the stripy section 6is apertured at intervals as represented at 29, theseapertures extendingdirectly above the several screw devices 27 and serving to kpermit oftheapplication of a suitable tool to the upper end of the screws 27toprotate them in the bushings 25. Supplementing the rivets 19, forholding the brackets 2O in place, are bodies 30, of cast metal, such forexample -as lead, which is poured intothe tubular portions23 andinterlock'sA with the depending lip 13 and the rear portion 'of themember 6. This is accomplished in the construction shown'by providing inthe lip 13and the rear portionpofI the member 6 at parts thereof inregistration with: rthe ends of the tubes 23, openings 31 and 32 whichpreferably flare outwardly as shown, themoltenvmetalbe- -ing 'poured forfillingl not only the tubes 23 but also the` apertured portions 31 and32 ofthe member 6. i i y s Y Cooperating with the screw devices 2,7 aremembers, one of which is represented at 33, loneof these members 4beingprovided for cooperation with each of the screw devices 27, thesemembers being preferably of the shape shown and each comprising thesubstantially flat portion 34 at which it superposes the portion 8 ofthe strip member 5 and `an upwardly extending portion 35fat .its-forwardedgeextending in the rear of rthe front portion of the member 5.y Thelportion 35H, is provided at 'opposite edges `with n..rearwardly-extending flanges one thereof being fshown at 36", theupperedges of these flanges opposing the front surface of the depending lip 10. VThe member 33 also comprises a rearwardly-extending portion 37 ofgeneral triangular shape in crosssection affording at its lo'werend,`the forwardly extending portion 3S vat which it rests upon the`forwardly extending flange 11 'of the part 6, and is also formed withan upwardly and rearwardly inclining portion 39 located directly belowthe screw 27 and against which the latter, at its lower conical surface,bears.

It will be understood from the foregoing that asvthe stri'p'member 6,the brackets 20 and the bushings 25 'are lirmly heldin position. on thesill`by the ang'lejir'on 16, the rotation of the screw devices 27 in adirectionto cause ythem to lower inthseb'ushings, will operate to 'torcetheliiiember 33 toy t-he right in Fig. 1 vand vby reasonoitheirengagement at vtheir anges 36 with the lip l0 of themember 5,'toree thelatter bodilyI to they right in this figure, this'member sliding alongthe flange 11, 'and clamp ing the sheet 4 ot glass' between thedepending lips lO'and 13. l

It will be notedl that the provision of' the recess, -or channel, 15 atthe reali' side of the stripV section 6y serves to preventthesecuring-member 16, from being seen 'when' 'one' is looking down onthe structure or viewing it from the exterior, thus permitting of Vvtheemployment of this very desirable'means for the securing of the member 6in position, without detracting from the desired appear ance of thelstore-traint construction.

The member 16 is shown"`as, and byfpijeference is,"oi (relatively thickinetahas compared with the strip 6, which latter 'in practice wouldpreferably be 'madeofrelatively light gauge sheet"`copper, and by:positining the member 16 as shown and stated," it serves to reinforcetheinember 6`and' minimizes v,danger of the latter becoming `crush'ed,as

forexamp'le should it be stepped' upon.

Vhile I have illustrated a partilcular'cnstruction embodying myinvention, I do not wish to be understod'las intending'jto limit itthereto as the samemay 'be variously modified andl altered 'withoutdetracting from vthe spirit of my invention.

What I claim asne'w: i y 1 1. They A[combination with afmember.oi'rming'a wall of a glazed opening, 4of glassplate-clamping meansextendingalong'opl i v12.0

posite sidesof the s'heet oiiglass,y s'aidfineans being formed at "theirrear yside'vith zplata like portion which extends rea'rwavrdlyI Afibmsaid `sheet and atan angle there'to and lengthwise of the constructionand-aA pfortionA` which depends from said plate-likey 'portion and isinset forwardly from the rearedge of said plate-like portion, *whereby'ai recess' or l:channel is providedi'and ananglel-'irn'membersecured'to said first-named member and extending lengthwise of said"iclampingml means, with one of its angularly-disposed portions disposedin said recess, andmeans engaging said clamping means with the por.

tion of said angle-iron member located in said recess. l

2. The combination with a member forming a wall of a glazed opening,of'glass-` plate-clamping means extending along opposite sides of theysheet of glass, said means f5 being formed at their rear side with aplate j like portion which extends rearwardly abovek saidupwardly-extending portion and is connected with the latter and with4the rear edge of said plate-,likel portion, whereby a recess or channelis provided, and an angleiron member secured to said first-named memberand extending lengthwise of said clamping means, with one of theangularlydisposed portions disposed in said recess, andv means engagingsaid clamping means with the portion'of said angle-iron member locatedin said recess.

3. The combination with a member forming a wall of a glazed opening, of"glassplate-clamping means comprising relatively movable members,`withmeans for securing them in adjusted clamping position, the one of saidlast-reerred-to members which engages the rear side of the glass-platebeing formed with a plate-like portion which eX- tends rearwardly fromsaid glass-plate and at an angle thereto and lengthwise of theconstruction and aportion which depends from said plate-like portion andis inset forwardly of the rear edge of Vsaid plate-like portion, wherebya recess, or channel', is

provided, and an angle-iron member secured to said rst-'named member andeX- tending lengthwise of said plate-clamping means, with one of itssingularly-disposed portions extending upwardly and disposed in saidrecess, and means engaging the rear kone of said relatively movableclamping members with the portion of said angle-iron member located insaid recess.

4. They combination with a member forming a `wall of a glazed opening,of glassplate-clamping means comprising relatively movable members, withmeans for securing them in adjusted clamping position, the one of saidlast-reerred-to members which engages the rear side of the glass platebeing in the form of a hollow sheet-metal body having a top portion ofplate-like form which extends rearwardly from said glass 'plate and atan angle thereto and lengthwise of said member, and a wall supportyingsaid plate-like portion and inset forwardly of the rear edge thereofwhereby a recess, or channel, is provided, 'and an angleiron membersecuredk to said first-named cess, and means engaging the rear one ofsaid relatively movable clamping members with the portion of saidangle-iron member located in said recess.

DANIEL J MURNANE.

ymember'y and extending lengthwise of said plate-clamping means, withone of its angularly-disposed portions disposed in said re-

